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Fallon Sherrock beats Luke Littler to win £501,000 in one-leg darts contest
Fallon Sherrock beat Luke Littler in a one-leg darts contest in Manchester to win £501,000.
Littler, the 19-year-old double world champion and PDC world No.
1, faced entrants one after another.
Each challenger needed to win one leg to take the prize; anyone who lost went home with nothing.
Littler had beaten 14 contestants in a row before Sherrock faced him.
Sherrock won the throw for the bull and then the leg, seven years after her notable run at the 2019 World Championship.
The prize was darts’ second-largest single payout, after the £1 million awarded to the World Championship winner.
Fallon Sherrock beat reigning world champion Luke Littler in a one-leg darts contest in Manchester to win £501,000.
Sherrock was the 15th contestant to face Littler, who had beaten 14 challengers before her.
She won the throw for the bull, hit a 180 and checked out to take the prize.
Reports differ on the number of darts she needed: the BBC and Independent say 15, while the Daily Mail says 14.
The Netflix event ended after Sherrock’s win, leaving five remaining amateurs without a chance to play Littler.
- Who
- Fallon Sherrock beat Luke Littler.
- What
- Sherrock won a one-leg darts contest and a £501,000 prize.
- When
- Friday, 30 October 2026.
- Where
- Manchester Central, Manchester.
- Why
- The contest offered the prize to any challenger who won a leg against Littler.
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Sherrock became the first woman to beat a male opponent at the PDC World Championship and reached the last 32.
Littler, Netflix and the PDC announced the event.
Littler beat 14 challengers before Sherrock defeated him to win the £501,000 prize.
- Prize
- £501,000
- Venue
- Manchester Central, Manchester
- Contestant position
- Sherrock was the 15th to face Littler
- Littler’s run
- He beat 14 contestants before losing to Sherrock
- Applicants
- 25,000 applicants entered the competition
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What people are saying
It's insane, I can't put it into words of what it means, especially having Rory here - it's his first time at anything and he has seen me win.
I’ve just beaten the best in the world, and I can’t say that very often.
Brilliant, that's what one person had to do - win the bull and go out in 15 [darts] and that's what she did, world class.
Anything can happen, and I'll be feeling a bit nervous.
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